About the book: 1983 / Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR, Major General of Reserve Aviation Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko underwent his first baptism of fire in 1942 in the area Yelets - Voronezh. Then there were the battles of Stalingrad and the North Caucasus, the liberation of Orel, Kursk, Riga and other cities. The book of memories is dedicated to the heroic deeds of brothers-in-arms.